A magic summer !
It sarted early July with Le Mans Classic 2006 where many , many historic cars were racing on the magic circuit of Le Mans 24H. A sunny WE, a warm atmosphere, the smell of fuel, oil, hot tyres, the sound of powerfull and well prepared engines...
One of these cars, in the pre-war category, a red car ... Aston Martin Ulster LM 21 (one of the 21 build by Aston-Martin) was racing driven by the girl of Nick Mason. Yes, himself, the drummer of Pink Floyd. He is owning a collection of historic and racing cars (more than 40) including the Aston Martin Ulster LM21, a Ferrari 250 GTO and a Jaguar D-Type. The car was raced by his girl during the WE. He was himself racing his Ferrari 512 BBLM !
I could picture him while being in the paddock, speaking before the start .
A magic summer...
One week later I went with my wife to Magny-Cours circuit in France, where Roger Waters (Bass player and singer of Pink Floyd) was doing a concert and was having a performance on stage where he would do the full "Dark Side of the Moon" with... Nick Mason playing as drummer.
Yes,... DSOM life with 2 musicians of Pink Floyd playing together !!!
If I was asked what LP (well MP3 now) I would take on a island, this one would come on the short list for sure ! It was a huge moment of emotion !
Below, Nick and his set and with Roger Waters on the other picture.
One of these days ...
One month later, I was with my Family in Florence, Italy where David Gilmour was performing live , on the Piazza Santa Crocce, with Rick Wright. The guitarist and singer with the keyboards player of Pink FLoyd. A hot summer night, outside listening to "Echoes", "Shine on you crazy diamond", "Wish you were here" etc...
Another snapshot in my life I will never forget.
Florence in Italy...
like Pompei where Pink FLoyd made a unique live performance back in 1972, in the ruins of the Roman City.
I found on YouTube the part called "One of these days"
Each of these moments of Summer 2006 where one of these, but still, so unique.
In this song, Nick Mason is acting with so much energy, bringing the band and the song
at full speed ! Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
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